This print-based, self-study course provides public health and other healthcare professionals with basic epidemiology principles, concepts, and procedures used in the surveillance and investigation of health-related events. This resource contains key features and applications of descriptive and analytic epidemiology, an in-depth study of public health surveillance, and a step-by-step description of outbreak investigations.

On first glance, official identification of human remains and
certification of the cause of death appear to be mundane endeavors that
serve mainly private needs of families, insurers, and litigants. In truth,
however, valid and reliable data on the circumstances and causes of
deaths serve a variety of important public needs, including fair and
accurate adjudication in criminal and civil cases, maintenance of
accurate vital statistics, effective public health surveillance and
response, advances in health and safety research, and improvement in
quality of heath care....

This coedited book addresses an unmet need in the marketplace by posing
management strategies from various international sources for improving healthcare
outcomes. With the recent outbreaks of worldwide calamities such as famine,
natural disasters, pandemics, proliferation of substance abuse, posttraumatic syndrome
states, and other related disease containment concerns, there is increased
international attention to disease detection, surveillance, prevention, containment,
and treatment methods.

To bring more attention to gendered aspects of women’s working
conditions and health, the Department of Gender, Women and Health
(GWH) organized, together with the Occupational and Environmental
Health Programme (OEH) within the Department of Public Health and
Environment (PHE), a WHO Symposium, entitled “Gender and Work-
related Health Issues: Moving the Agenda Forward” at the Women, Work
and Health Conference, held June 2-5, 2002, in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Forum on Emerging Infections was created by the Institute of Medicine
(IOM) in 1996 in response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The purpose of
the Forum is to provide structured opportunities for leaders from government,
academia, and industry to meet and examine issues of shared concern regarding
research, prevention, detection, and management of emerging or reemerging
infectious diseases.

There are a myriad number of different types of risks that, as individuals, we face
every day that impact human health. Exposure to hazards can result from the natural
and build environments with modulation of this exposure due to other factors such as
our biology (eg. genetics, age, gender and comorbid conditions) and social interactions
(eg. lifestyle choices and our level of risk acceptance). A broad population health
approach includes determinants of health, this is the collective label given to factors
and conditions that are thought to have an influence on health.

Case studies for existing risks in the first section include drug use in Italian
professional delivery truck drivers and using look-back risk assessment for syringe reuse
in Canada. The first chapter by Oraby et al. describes the occurrence of syringe reuse
reported in a Canadian health care setting on approximately 1,400 patients in the
province of Alberta. Multiple syringe re-use events may act as a vector to transmit
both RNA and DNA viruses.

Even when using a spray booth, spray room or capture unit, sprayers still need to
wear air­fed RPE and PPE, and bystanders should be excluded when using
isocyanate­based products. The duty is to control exposure to isocyanates to as
low as is reasonably practicable. The need for health surveillance still applies.
Once spraying has finished, the sprayer should leave the spray booth, room or
area wearing the RPE.

Health care reform is a total business issue that inl uences
benei ts, the overall reward deal, workforce planning,
administration and i nances. This is an important time
for employers to revisit their total rewards philosophy and
strategy, and understand the kinds of changes that may be
necessary to meet their business and growth goals, shifting
talent requirements and the i nancial pressures they continue
to face.

The quality of water, whether it is used for drinking, irrigation or recreational purposes, is
significant for health in both developing and developed countries worldwide. Water
quality can have a major impact on health, both through outbreaks of waterborne disease
and by contributing to the background rates of disease. Accordingly, countries develop
water quality standards to protect public health.

Food safety and foodborne diseases are topics of global concern. Food safety
encompasses many areas, including pesticide and antibiotic residues, the presence
of mycotoxins and foodborne pathogens, and all aspects of food production
and preparation. Many issues associated with these topics are common to all
countries. Decisions must be made by each nation to determine priority areas
that should be addressed to ensure the health of its citizens.

Strengthening functioning systems to improve health outcomes will, in some cases, require new ways of thinking about
health investments and greater dialogue with partner countries about constraints and opportunities.

Developing a new functional food is an expensive
process. Food companies have traditionally funded research
for new food product formulations but for functional foods,
the stakes are higher—for both food companies and con-
sumers. Government investment in basic and applied
research will promote the development of functional foods,
but additional incentives are needed to reward private
companies that pioneer new health claims.

Differentiated thyroid cancer is the fastest‐growing cancer in women; it increased 2.4%
per year during 1980 to 1997 and 6.5% per year during 1997 to 2006 in the USA according
to the National Cancer Instituteʹs Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER).
On the other hand, the refinement of new approaches for surveillance of patients with an
established diagnosis of thyroid cancer is leading to the observation that many patients,
previously thought to be cured, have evidence of minimal residual disease, a condition
with which we still do not know how to manage properly....